This is can be a challenging time of year and I’m starting to see many friends and family start to suffer from what what I call the November Blues. We wonder where the year has gone and regret what we haven’t accomplished. We worry Christmas is looming and somehow, we have to find the time […]

What sort of Mother are you?!’ She shouted at me, only centimetres from my face. I could smell her stale coffee breath, see the open pores of her skin and the deep, dark circles under her cold, hard blue eyes. ‘I beg your pardon?’ I resisted the urge to take a step back from the […]

12 weeks ago I took a leap into the canine world and welcomed a Yorkshire terrier puppy into my life. I didn’t enter into the arrangement lightly. It has been 16 years since I owned a dog (also a Yorkie) and when he died my heart broke into too many pieces to even consider another […]

There are 168 hours in my week. Which, unsurprisingly, is the same number of hours as in everyone else’s week. Whether it be the toddler who is approaching the world with wide-eyed curiosity or the mum chasing said toddler around and providing them with endless opportunities for growth. Whether a high-school student or a PhD student, an […]

Last night I stayed up late trying to keep a friend alive. There’s no easy, gentle way to write it. Just as there’s no easy, gentle way to live with crippling depression and being bipolar. Anne* and I grew up together, but weren’t exceptionally close. My Nanna and Pa lived up the road from her […]